Lee Segui is pleased to announce that partners Matt Lee, Jeremy Williams, and Mark Sigmon have been selected for inclusion in the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers guide.
Published annually, the guide recognizes attorneys whose work has made significant contributions to civil rights and plaintiff-side employment litigation. Honorees are selected through Lawdragon’s independent editorial research, peer nominations, and journalistic review.
The recognition reflects the breadth of work performed by Lee Segui’s Employment & Civil Rights practice, including complex class actions, employment litigation, consumer protection matters, and appellate advocacy.
About Our Award-Winners
Matt Lee: partner and co-chair of Lee Segui’s Employment & Civil Rights practice. Matt is a nationally recognized and highly regarded trial lawyer. For almost 20 years, Matt has focused his law practice on fighting for people in high-stakes litigation against some of the largest corporations in the world, recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients over the years. Matt has served in leadership roles in litigation nationwide, including as co-lead counsel in the AME Church Employee Retirement Plan Litigation with settlements totaling more than $106 million to date. Matt has tried several complex cases to a jury verdict as lead trial counsel, including a $11.1 million jury verdict against IBM in a wrongful termination and retaliation case. Matt has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, North Carolina Super Lawyers, including the Top 100 Lawyers in North Carolina and Top 25 Lawyers in Raleigh, and Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, including the 2026 edition.
Jeremy Williams: partner and co-chair of Lee Segui’s Employment & Civil Rights practice. Since 2014, he has represented employees and consumers in litigation involving employment discrimination, wage and commission disputes, ERISA violations, Title IX disputes, consumer protection, and various other class actions. His recent work includes leadership roles in litigation that has resulted in more than $106 million in settlements involving the AME Church retirement plan, a $100 million class settlement involving deceptive prescription drug pricing, and a $11.1 million jury verdict against IBM in a wrongful termination and retaliation case He also serves as co-chair of the Collective and Class Action Section of the National Employment Lawyers Association and recently served as the Chair of the Products Liability, Class Action, and Mass Torts Section of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Jeremy has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2018–2026),
Mark Sigmon: managing partner at Lee Segui whose practice focuses on appellate litigation, employment law, class actions, civil rights, and consumer protection. He has represented clients before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth Circuits, and Eleventh Circuits, and state appellate courts around the country. His work includes briefing dispositive motions, class certification, and appeals in complex litigation, including in the AME Church Employee Retirement Plan Litigation and in more than 30 cases across the country involving IBM’s sales commission practices.
In 2026, Mark received the National Civil Justice Institute’s Appellate Advocacy Award for his successful defense of class certification before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Lytle v. Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. He has also received Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating, the organization’s highest peer rating for legal ability and ethical standards, and he has been recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers, including in that publication’s list of the Top 100 Lawyers in North Carolina, and as one of Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite.
Congratulations Matt, Jeremy, and Mark on this well-deserved recognition.
